TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHWEST AND WEST-CENTRAL ILLINOIS AND NORTHEAST MISSOURI

TORNADO WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9:30 PM CDT FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS...

NORTHERN CALHOUN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS...
SOUTH CENTRAL PIKE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
EAST CENTRAL PIKE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSOURI...

AT 8:54 PM CDT...STORM LAB RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 11 MILES NORTHWEST OF LOUISIANA AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THIS STORM HAVE HAD A HISTORY OF PRODUCING TORNADOES AND IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...TAKE COVER NOW!!

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...

CLARKSVILLE BY 9:13 PM CDT
PLEASANT HILL BY 9:28 PM CDT

THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORK BENCH
OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN
THE LOWEST LEVEL OF A STRUDY BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR ROOM SUCH AS A BATHROOM OR A
CLOSET. USE PILLOWS AND BLANKETS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.

IF IN A MOBILE HOME OR A VEHICLE...EVACUATE IT AND GET INTO A STURDY BUILDING. IF
NO BUILDING IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN A DITCH AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR
HANDS.

JACKSON